“Certain values the earl represents (benevolent paternalism toward employees, for instance, or the ability to see when his own inherited attitudes have become outdated and inappropriate) have been carefully chosen. And it is noticeable that the aristocrats in the series, even the ones who are supposed to be the most ridiculous, never lapse into the most offensive kind of upper-class drawl one would expect of them.”
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Tighten Up On Music Pirates, Says Member Of Britain’s Shadow Cabinet
“Young people are massively connected with music. They not only want to use the music but they want to actually work in the music industry, many of them. Many of them want a future in the industry. Therefore the industry must have a future. That means public policy action, not just standing back and saying ‘we are too busy to do any of this; we’re just going to cut the deficit and let the free market rip content off from creators’. Every day they don’t act, money is haemorrhaging.”
Bronze Boy (With A Bit Of Cheek) To Decorate Trafalgar Square
“With his curls and wry smile, this golden boy in his little shorts and braces peers down from his bronze steed, one arm raised delicately. He looks almost classical. But look again. Those shorts could be leather. He might also be down the disco.”
We Mean It: Kindle Singles Will Save Journalism (And Maybe Fiction, Too)
“Singles justify both an e-reader purchase and a low-commitment investment in reading something; they aren’t aspirational like the high-designed special editions that might save real books, but there is a version of wantable scarcity that comes with such a custom, niche-y, one-off something.”
Utah Shakespeare Fest Wants An Indoor/Outdoor Theatre
“Keeping ‘Shakespeare under the stars’ became the top focus with the design of the theater. But if the weather turns rainy, too windy or cold, technicians will be able to close a retractable roof when the new theater is completed; stars will still be there, but painted on the ceiling when it’s closed.”
NPR Critic Accuses Composer Of Copying (But What Does That Even Mean?)
Tom Manoff says that Osvaldo Golijov’s “Sidereus” is just a little too much like Michael Ward-Bergeman’s “Barbeich.”
Will Islamic Fundamentalism Put An End To Belly Dancing In Egypt?
One Canadian dancer thinks so.
English National Opera Called ‘Pro-Terrorist’ Because Of ‘Klinghoffer’
“Jewish groups have accused ENO of ‘giving a voice to terrorism’ and have threatened to mount protests after the company’s decision to stage the rarely-performed work, which the opera company itself says will ‘shock.'”
Historic Theatres In Danger, Thanks To Switch To Digital
“With the future of motion pictures headed quickly toward an all-digital format played only on pricey new equipment, will the theaters be around? Or will they be done in by the digital revolution that will soon render inadequate the projectors that have flickered and ticked with a little-changed technology for more than 120 years?”
Judi Dench Fights Blindness, Learns To Adapt
Oscar-winner Dench, 77, has macular degeneration. She said in an interview published Saturday that her eyesight was already so bad that she couldn’t read her scripts. Instead, she relies on friends and family to help her with her lines.